
Now accepted in SSCI (Web of Science’s Social Sciences Citation Index)
Impact Factor: 1.256 (2019)
ZDM – Mathematics Education is one of the oldest mathematics education research journals in publication. The journal surveys, discusses, and builds upon current research and theoretical-based perspectives in mathematics education. In addition, it serves as a forum for critical analysis of issues within the field.
All the papers published in the journal's seven annual themed issues are strictly by invitation. These papers are subject to an internal peer review by selected members from the editorial board as well as an external review by invited experts. The journal targets readers from around the world in mathematics education research who are interested in current developments in the field.
- Surveys, discusses, and builds upon current research and theoretical-based perspectives in mathematics education
- Publishes invitation-only papers in seven annual themed issues
- One of the oldest mathematics education research journals in publication
- Serves as a forum for critical analysis of issues within the field
- 100% of authors who answered a survey reported that they would definitely publish or probably publish in the journal again
Journal information
- Editor-in-Chief
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- Gabriele Kaiser
- Publishing model
- Hybrid (Transformative Journal). Learn about publishing Open Access with us
Journal metrics
- 1.256 (2019)
- Impact factor
- 72 days
- Submission to first decision
- 261 days
- Submission to acceptance
- 271,445 (2019)
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Current Issues in 2020 and coming issues
Issues in 2020
52(1) Mathematical word problem solving: Psychological and educational perspectives
Eds.: Lieven Verschaffel, Stanislaw Schukajlow, Jon Star, Wim Van Dooren52 (2) Expertise in developing students' expertise in mathematics
Eds.: Fien Depaepe, Lieven Verschaffel and Jon Star52 (3) Numeracy and vulnerability in adult life
Eds.: Iddo Gal, Anke Grotlüschen and Gabriele Kaiser52(4) Research on Early Childhood Mathematics Teaching and Learning
Eds.: Camilla Björklund, Angelika Kullberg, Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen52(5) Online mathematics education and e-learning
Eds.: Johann Engelbrecht, Salvador Llinares, Marcelo Borba52(6) The Role of Mathematicians’ Practice in Mathematics Education Research
Eds.: Keith Weber, Paul Dawkins52(7) Teaching with Digital Technology
Eds.: Alison Clark-Wilson, Ornella Robutti, Mike Thomas
Issues in 202153(1) Mathematics Teacher Noticing: Exploring and Expanding the Terrain
Eds.: Jaguthsing Dindyal, Edna O. Schack, Ban Heng Choy, Miriam G. Sherin53(2) Designing and enacting teaching that supports language in mathematics classrooms
Eds.: Susanne Prediger, Kirstin Erath, Jenni Ingram and Judit Moschkovich53(3) Calculus in High School and College Around the World
Eds.: Patrick Thompson and Guershon Harel53(4) Empirical Research on Mathematical Problem Solving and Problem Posing around the World
Eds.: Peter Liljedahl, Jinfa Cai
53(5) Implementation and implementability of mathematics educations research
Eds.: Boris Koichu, Mario Sánchez Aguilar, Morten Misfeldt
53(6) Mathematics Textbooks as Instruments for Change"
Eds.: Sebastian Rezat, Lianghuo Fan and Birgit Pepin53(7) Eastern European Mathematics Education in the Decades of Change
Eds.: Alexander Karp
Issues in 2022
54 (1) Mathematical Creativity – State-of-the-art of Empirical Research
Eds.: Roza Leikin, Bharath Sriraman54 (2) Understanding complexity in the mathematics classroom: In memoriam David Clarke
Eds: Yoshinori Shimizu, Berinderjeet Kaur, Carmel Mesiti and Man Ching Esther Chan54 (3) Mathematics Learning in Chinese Contexts
Ed.: Jinfa Cai54 (4) Educational Research in Discrete Mathematics: Current Work and Future Directions
Eds: James Sandefur, Elise Lockwood and Eric Hart54 (5) Mathematical Competitions in Mathematics Education
Eds: María Falk de Losada and Peter Taylor54 (6) Early Algebraic Thinking: A Multi-Dimensional and Ever-Expanding Global Vision
Ed: Carolyn Kieran54 (7) Exploring the significance of the history of mathematics in mathematics education
Eds.: Renaud Chorlay, Kathleen M. Clark and Constantinos Tzanakis
Virtual special issue - COVID 19 pandemic – its mathematical background, its social and educational consequences Eds.: Johann Engelbrecht, Marcelo Borba and Gabriele Kaiser
Issues in 2023
55(1) Emotions and Motivation in Mathematics Education and Educational Psychology
Eds.: Stanislaw Schukajlow, Katrin Rakoczy and Reinhard Pekrun
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About this journal
- Electronic ISSN
- 1863-9704
- Print ISSN
- 1863-9690
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- CNKI
- Current Contents / Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Dimensions
- EBSCO Discovery Service
- EBSCO Education Research Complete
- EBSCO Education Source
- ERIC
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- Google Scholar
- Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China
- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition
- Naver
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
- ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- Social Science Citation Index
- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
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